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Calash
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Olive green silk with 8 high cane hoops, double self-frills around the front edge; 2 smaller hoops forming flat back plane, fabric drawn toward straight line in center; 4-inch cape; tarlatan lining; black heavy thread from center front; fragment of 3 /4” tan ribbon at side fronts; yellow ribbons pinned.
G88.322
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Headwear
Child, Female
Historic Costume
Bonnet
Female
Silk
Green
1800 - 1825